former DoJ attorney james comey — live-video link! — senate judiciary commitee — 05.15.07

UP D A T E D:

a live-link to
the senate judiciary committee realmedia feed. . .

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once again, i thought it might
be useful to have — in advance — a
working link to tomorrow’s
10:00 a.m. e.d.t. senate
judiciary sub-committee
hearing on the u.s. attorney
firings — specifically, the
testimony of james comey, a
former DoJ official. the
agenda item presently reads as follows:

NOTICE OF COMMITTEE HEARING

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing on “Preserving Prosecutorial Independence: Is the Department of Justice Politicizing the Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys? – Part IV” for Tuesday, May 15, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 226 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building.

Senator Schumer will preside.

By order of the Chairman

Witness List

Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee
On “Preserving Prosecutorial Independence:
Is the Department of Justice Politicizing the
Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys? – Part IV”

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226

10:00 a.m.

James B. Comey
Former Deputy Attorney General
United States Department of Justice

this hearing will include the
sworn-testimony of james comey,
on preserving prosecutorial inde-
pendence. . .

we might get an
update on the house committee’s
progress on ms. monica
goodling’s use immunity
subpoena, and a potential
date for testimony, to boot. . .

for now, the above-links will
show only a placeholder-screen
from boss-streamos. . .

so, check back just before
10:00 a.m., east coast time,
this morning, okay?

the actual DC district court order granting monica goodling use immunity appears below

while i respect the many bright
law-bloggers who believe it was a
mistake to grant ms. monica goodling
18 USC § 6005 “use immunity” at this juncture,
i will go out on a limb — and predict that
the below order will help “pin the
tail” on that jack-ass, karl rove – it
may, perhaps, even lead “north” from there. . .

see below the image for my thoughts on this.

and, in a bit, i’ll post the supporting
motion, and the more interesting points
and authorities excerpts, to complete
this historical record. . .

[as ever, click to enlarge. . .]

okay — as i mentioned last night, it
seems plain that chairman john conyers
has karl rove in his sights, and monica
goodling’s testimony will, i believe,
do much to tighten that noose/close this loop.

she is reputed to be a bit of a know-it-all,
and letting her talk, all about what karl or dick
or even george said ex rel the hirings, firings,
and political prosecutions and/or deferrals will
be very-illuminating, i predict. and, it will almost
certainly nail down the political defensibility
of hauling mr. rove in under a house judiciary
committee subpoena to explain where those e-mails
went, and why — i predict — ms. goodling testifies
that he was the sole true “decider“, as to
whose names went on, and came off, the list. . .

UPDATED — here is a very-interesting bit
from page 2 of the points and authorities,
filed by the u.s. house general counsel, in
support of the motion for immunity order — it
is essentially a memo of the house’s view of
the law here applicable. . . check out the
hint of later prosecution of ms. goodling,
by the government — highlighted:

erh — cool. . . not likely, but
cool, nonetheless — transactions
about which she testifies, and for
which the government can develop,
by independent evidence, a case,
may still be the basis of a prosecution. . .

uh-huh.

live video link to james comey’s testimony at the house judiciary subcommittee hearing may 3, 2007

UP D A T E D:

c-span3 will carry the hearing
tomorrow morning, as well. . .

once again, i thought it might
be useful to have — in advance — a
working link to tomorrow’s
9:30 a.m. e.d.t. house
judiciary sub-committee
hearing on the u.s. attorney
firings — specifically, the
testimony of james comey, a
former DoJ official. the
agenda item presently reads as follows:

“Thursday 05/03/2007 – 9:30 AM
2141 Rayburn House Office Building

Subcommittee on Commercial
and Administrative Law
Hearing on The Continuing
Investigation into the U.S.
Attorneys Controversy
By Direction of the Chairman.“

this hearing will include the
sworn-testimony of james comey.

his will be the headliner,
for certain, but we may hear
more on the seemingly-
willful non-complaince, by
alberto gonzales, with
rep. conyers’ judiciary comm-
ittee-issued subpoena
duces tecum of april 10, 2007.

[contempt of congress, anyone?]

we might get an
update on the committee’s
progress on ms. monica
goodling’s use immunity
and potential appearance
date, to boot. . .

[the link will also be made
available -- by clicking rep.
conyers' portrait, at right.]

for now, the above-links will
show only a placeholder-screen
from boss streamos. . .

so, check back just before
9:30 a.m., east coast time,
tomorrow, okay?